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  • Computer Programming for Everybody

    ...number is still growing. However, while many people nowadays use a computer, few of them are computer programmers. Non-programmers aren't really "empowered" in how they can use their computer: they are confined to using applications in ways that "programmers" have determined for them. One doesn't need to be a visionary to see the limitations here. An even more radical change is the introduction of computing and communications embedded in home and office systems. The number of devices that...

  • Release – Python 3.12.0

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 2, 2023

    This is the stable release of Python 3.12.0 Python 3.12.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. Major new features of the 3.12 series, compared to 3.11 New features More flexible f-string parsing, allowing many things previously disallowed …

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  • 2007-11-12 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...number") from known-good cards. K. Kaiser reported that we have missed two donations, but that they are probably recoverable. Kaiser has been in contact with the service provider (PayFlow) and has a case number. They aren't sure what the problem is. K. Kaiser will follow up with the credit card service provider to fix the payment system. 5   New Sponsor Application A new sponsor application has been received, but the organization is not known to any of the directors. D....

  • Release – Python 2.7.1

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 27, 2010

    Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.2, is currently available. Its use is recommended. Python 2.7.1 was released on November 27th, 2010. The Python 2.7 series is scheduled to be the last major version in the 2.x series before 2.x moves into an extended maintenance period. This release contains many …

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  • Release – Python 2.4.5

    Version: None

    Released: March 11, 2008

    Python 2.4 is now in security-fix-only mode. No new features are being added, and bugs are not fixed anymore unless they affect the stability and security of the interpreter, or of Python …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.9

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 2, 2019

    Python 3.5.9 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.9 was released on November 1st, 2019. There were no new changes in version 3.5.9; 3.5.9 was released only because of a CDN caching problem, which resulted in some users …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.2rc2

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 17, 2020

    This is the second release candidate of Python 3.8.2, the second maintenance release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.2rc2, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.8 series. Python 3.11 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...number and format of these files. The files are maintained by the customer. Conclusion A powerful yet clear multi-platform scripting language was needed to achieve this project's goal. Python fulfilled this requirement. With good code reuse -- some 40KB of code in the common module, 5-10 KB of initialization code -- a lot of programming time was saved. Taking into account that each platform is very different, this was a very pleasant result. The majority of the work that had to be done was an...

  • Python Internationalization-SIG

    ...number and time formatting Frameworks for translating and localizing GUI and Web applications Deliverables The immediate deliverables relate to Unicode and encoding support; the other topics above are too general and application-specific. Test the new Unicode features and supplied single-byte codecs as soon as the Unicode patch moves into public CVS (Q2 2000) Assist with documentation of the new features (Q2/Q3 2000) Do some prototype implementations of double-byte codecs....

  • Python 2.3.7 Release

    ...number of cases interpreter might have crashed in certain boundary conditions. See the detailed release notes for more details. Python 2.5 and Python 2.4 are newer releases of Python. This release of the older 2.3 code is to provide bug fixes for people who are still using Python 2.3. For more information on the new features of Python 2.3 see the 2.3 highlights or consult Andrew Kuchling's What's New In Python for a more detailed view. Since the release candidate, we received various reports tha...

  • Python 2.4.5 Release

    ...number of fixes, primarily preventing crashes of the interpreter in certain boundary cases. Python 2.5 is the latest release of Python. This release of the older 2.4 code is to provide bug fixes for people who are still using Python 2.4. This is the last planned release in the Python 2.4 series - future maintenance releases of Python will be in the 2.5 series, starting of course with 2.5.1. We have decided not to include binaries for Windows or OS X in this release, nor to update any online docu...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (Mar. 12, 2002)

    ...numbers are available. Jeremy will update the Wiki record with applications he received. Tim notes the PSF is not very interesting to members yet. This is expected to improve once the groundwork and paperwork is underway, and the PSF can focus on fulfilling its mission statement. Martin moves to adjourn. Tim seconds the motion. The motion carries with one abstention. Board meeting adjourned at: 19:15 GMT Resolutions: Debtors are granted a 30 (60 for non-US debtors) grace peri...

  • Privacy Policy

    ...numbers are used only for processing payments and are not used for any other purposes. When we use third party service providers for credit card processing services we will enter into a written agreement with such third party ensuring appropriate security and confidentiality measures are in place in safeguarding your personal data.   3. Disclosure of personal information We will not disclose any information we collect to any third party unless it is: Specifically authorized by you; or Nece...

  • Release – Python 3.12.0b1

    Version: None

    Released: May 22, 2023

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.12 Python 3.12 is still in development. This release, 3.12.0b1 is the first of four beta release previews of 3.12. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their …

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.3.3

    ...number. <p /> To invoke the interpreter with these packages, you will explicitly have to run "python2.3". Note that all Python RPMs provided by Python.org and Red Hat provide a "/usr/bin/python2.3" (or similar, with major/minor number), even if they also provide "/usr/bin/python". So, yes, it should be safe. <p /> Note that you may need to build and install a second copy of any packages which you need access to with the supplemental version of Python. ...

  • Proxy Form - 2009-03-27 PSF Members' Meeting

    ...Number of Directors There are currently eight (8) positions. RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors will consist of up to ten (10) Directors. Please vote (check one) [  ] For [  ] Against [  ] Abstain Election of a New Board of Directors The following people are candidates for the Board of Directors. To be elected, a candidate must receive more "Yes" votes than "No" votes. Please vote to accept as Director (check one of "Yes&...

  • Release – Python 2.7.2

    Version: None

    Released: June 11, 2011

    Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.3, is currently available. Its use is recommended over Python 2.7.2. Python 2.7.2 was released on June 11th, 2011. The Python 2.7 series is scheduled to be the last major version in the 2.x series before 2.x moves into an extended maintenance period. The …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...number to dial, and so forth, had to be sent to eBukal via serial port. A graphical user interface (GUI) had to be written to enable personnel in the field to set the device. How eBukal is used to monitor water conditions in a basement Zoom in I knew how to write command line scripts and PHP to do the server coding and used Perl for CGIs and Visual Basic for the GUI, but I wanted to do it better this time. I wanted to do it right. Python - one stop shopping development plus platform indepen...

  • Python Distutils-SIG: Proposed User Interface

    ...number, description, etc.), written as Python code of some sort; and optional code to inspect the target system and carry out any needed pre-build configuration operations. Only the meta-data will be required, and indeed it is anticipated that most module distributions (especially those written purely in Python) will have only the meta-data component. Some ideas for how to represent the meta-data will be presented below. This document describes an interface...

  • Foreword for "Programming Python" (2nd ed.)

    ...number of contributions, my inbox became a bottleneck. What to do? Fortunately, Python wasn't the only open source project with this problem, and a few smart people at VA Linux came up with a solution: SourceForge! This is a dynamic website with a complete set of distributed project management tools available: a public CVS repository, mailing lists (using Mailman, a very popular Python application!), discussion forums, bug and patch managers, and a download area, all made available t...

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